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AP Source: Bucks trade Luc Mbah a Moute to Kings

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Modified: July 9, 2013 at 6:04 pm •
Published: July 9, 2013

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The Sacramento Kings found some much-needed depth at small forward by giving the Milwaukee Bucks some draft compensation and salary cap relief.

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, Brooklyn Nets forward Keith Bogans, right, fouls Milwaukee Bucks forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (12) during an NBA basketball game in New York. The Bucks traded forward Mbah a Moute to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for a 2016 second-round draft pick, a person familiar with the deal said Tuesday, July 9, 2013. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because teams can't confirm moves until the new league year begins Wednesday, also said Milwaukee has the right to swap 2018 second-round picks. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

The Bucks traded forward Luc Mbah a Moute to the Kings in exchange for a 2016 second-round draft pick, a person familiar with the deal said Tuesday.

The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because teams can't confirm moves until the new league year begins Wednesday, also said Milwaukee has the right to swap 2018 second-round picks.

"Just landed in Cameroon and got told I've been traded to Sacramento!!" Mbah a Moute wrote on his Twitter page.

The 6-foot-8, 230-pound forward has emerged as a standout defender since he was drafted 37th overall out of UCLA by the Bucks in 2008. He has averaged 6.9 points and 5.3 rebounds in 25.1 minutes per game in his career.

CBS Sports first reported the trade.

Mbah a Moute has two years left on a four-year deal worth about $19 million that he signed as a restricted free agent before the lockout-shorted 2011-12 season. That move came when Milwaukee matched the offer sheet from Denver, where new Kings general manager Pete D'Alessandro worked in the front office at the time.